June 2009

General Membership Meeting Announcement

June 16th - 3rd Tuesday
12 noon- 1:30pm
SFPD-Mission Station Community Room
Corner of Valencia & 17th Streets
Sandwiches & Drinks will be provided - We welcome your participation and ideas.

Pedro Tuyub-President

sfmta muni and dpt have empty pocketsMaking Parking Changes in the Mission
Jerry Robbins from SFMTA -2 hour meters, changes to yellow, green and taxi stands, new Valencia St configuration. Jerry returns as they are actively considering changes for short term implementation at this time.


Save Medjool  http://savemedjoolsf.com
Gus Murad (Small Business Commissioner & Mission Merchant Board
San Francisco Planning Department Member) who will updating us about how the  effort is going . Pedro would like to send the Planning Commission supporting a letter supporting the effort to keep the Sky Deck open.


http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/site/uploadedimages/sfdpw/logo%20DPW%20leaf.jpgSafe Streets and Road Repair Bond.
Gloria Chan from DPW





Sunday Streets
Susan King -- June 7 Mission event was best attended ever with very good vendor participation, merchant awareness and lots of good energy & publicity for the Mission.
The event will soon be repeated on Sunday July 19 10am-2pm.
More info at:
sundaystreetssf.com


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SFPD-Mission 
Captain Stephen A. Tacchini
[invited] Our host - Sign up to get his Newsletter or come to his monthly community meeting [more]




Follow That Process: Meeting #3 Meeting #2
Valencia between 16th &19th Streets

Three Artist Finalists Chosen for Valencia Streetscape Project:
Between August and September, the selection panel will meet again to decide on the final winner. Suspense, suspense. The selection panel of six included, the two art experts appointed by the city: Carolina Ponce de Leon, director of Galeria de la Raza and Kevin B. Chen, program director at Intersection for the Arts Two Mission community representatives: Clare Hyland, designer, and Elizabeth Aife Murray, a writer and artist. And finally two landscape architects from the Department of Public Works: John Dennis and Martha Ketterer.  The group directors:  Tonia Macneil, project manager, and Marcus Davies, registrar for the Public Art and Collections.
415-252-2551 or [email protected] http://www.sfartscommission.org/pubartcollection/

BLOG ROLL & JUNE NEWS
Calendar of Political Events in San Francisco by sanfranciscofyi.blogspot.com
burritojustice.wordpress.com/
FogCity Journal Bay Area News and Politics
Bay Guardian || Bay Guardian Politics || Bruce Brugmann's Blog
Mission Dispatch.com
JUNE: Three Artist Finalists Chosen for Valencia Streetscape Project:by Mission Loc@l

June-2009 The New York Times Saves Money in the Mission  In a daring move, the NYT decided get involved in “the great burrito debate.”  by http://missionmission.
wordpress.com/

blog. Mission Street Food
SFWeekly
JUNE-2009 Packed Mission Streets for first Sunday Streets by sf.streetsblog.org/
Sweet Melissa's  Also read her in the sfexaminer.com  
sfgate.com and San Francisco Chronicle
SFPD-Mission
June-2009 Mayor Gavin Newsom Appoints Regina Dick-Endrizzi as Permanent Director of the Office of Small Business at SF Office of Small Business
Mission Merchants is a Member of:
San Francisco Council of District Merchants Associations
San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com
Mission Merchants Association
WEB SITE NEWS: MissionMerchants.com has completed its main round of 2009 directory updates and will be freezing new data additions until the joomla software update is completed.
Find an archives of 2009 newsletters and a sign-up list for email at missionmerchants.org